Roving Reporter #30 – Chelsea Rankin – an extraordinary young lady. ( 08min) >>> Play

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Dare, Defy, Do! – The Family Institute of CT’s motto for the new youth wing.

Dare to make a stand; Defy low cultural expectations; Do the hard stuff!

Chelsea Rankin throws out this challenge to youth during her speech at the Pro-Family Rally at the CT State House, held on Thursday April 3rd, 2008, with the unveiling of the new youth wing of the Family Institute of CT – iFIC

Chelsea is an extraordinary young lady and you’ll definitely be hearing more of her in the future – and remember, you saw her first on AirMaria.com

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Roving Reporter #49 – Peter Wolfgang of the Family Institute of CT at the State Capitol, Hartford ( 9min) >>> Play

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The Roving Reporter caught up with Peter Wolfgang, president of the Family Institute of Connecticut, at the Rally for Marriage on Sunday Sept 28, at the Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford. Listen as he describes this most successful event with over 3,000 attendees in a true grass roots movement pitted against numerous, well-moneyed special interest groups, and how they sent a clear message to the State Legislature and Supreme Court to uphold traditional marriage.

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General News #12 – Candles light the way for the Closing Prayer Vigil for Forty Days for life in Norwich ( 09min) >>> Play

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The 2008 Forty Days for Life finished Sunday night Nov 2 with a closing Victory Rally held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and a Candlelight Vigil held in front of Planned Parenthood. Corinn Dahm from Face of Pro-life (also a 40 Days organizer) interviewed Brian Daly the local coordinator of Norwich’s 40 Days.

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Take note! If you wonder why such a crazy bill has been introduced, it is widely rumored that it is to distract the attention of the Church and pro family groups from another bill, SB 899, that codifies into law the CT Supreme Court Kerrigan Case that instituted same sex ‘marriage’ in Connecticut. At issue there is the lack of any conscientious objection clauses in the bill and so it directly effects religious liberty and is much more likely to pass. So the emphasis of today will be to keep the Republicans and all citizens focused on SB 899.

Broadcast ended Ave Maria! See post above for more.

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We will be doing a live broadcast Tuesday, tomorrow, from the State Capitol in Hartford for the Religious Liberty Rally at 10am and the meetings to follow in room 1C of the Legislative Office Building. There we will see everyday people of faith preparing to go see their State Legislators to ask them to uphold the traditional family.

We also hope to cover the debate at the State Capital on religious liberty, but are not sure if we will be able to live broadcast.

Information on the Debate:

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts, What Resolutions?

Tuesday, April 7 2009 12:00 PM
Sponsored By: Federalist Society – Connecticut Lawyers Chapter
Venue: State Capitol Building

Description:
Debate and discussion between Prof. Susan Schmeiser/UConn Law and Prof. Robin Wilson/Washington & Lee Law, moderated by Ray Dunaway/WTIC 1080

This Event Takes Place At:
State Capitol Building
Room 310 (3rd floor, west wing) (f/k/a Old Appropriations Room)
210 Capitol Avenue
Hartford, CT, 06106
Map

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Variety #197 – Peter Wolfgang in Hartford CT. ( 05min) >>> Play

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On January 20, 2012 the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, unveiled a new policy which has come to be known at the “HHS Mandate.”

The new Mandate would requiring nearly all private health insurance plans to include coverage for all FDA-approved prescription contraceptive drugs and devices, surgical sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs—drugs that interfere with implantation in the womb and therefore destroy the life of a human being in the earliest stage of development.

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We will be going to the New Haven Green for the FIC Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally against the HSS contraception mandate on Friday, June 8th at 12 noon. We will be reporting on the event. Hope to see some of our local viewers there.

From FIC:

Bishop Rosazza to Speak at June 8th Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally!

Hartford Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Peter Rosazza has just told the Family Institute of Connecticut that he will speak at the June 8th Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally! The Rally will be held on Friday, June 8th at 12:00 noon on the New Haven Green (corner of Church and Chapel Streets). Please arrive early in order to find parking.

And please do attend the Rally and forward this message to all your friends and ask them to attend! We need as big a turnout as possible for this event. 

You know why this Rally is necessary! Earlier this year, the Health and Human Services Department announced that employers, including religious institutions, will be forced to pay for and provide abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilizations, even it violates their conscience.

You understand the threat! If we lose this battle, we lose our First Amendment right to free exercise of our religious beliefs. FIC has never been this involved in a federal issue before, but given the dire nature of the threat and FIC’s role in saving religious liberty after same-sex “marriage” was imposed on Connecticut, we had no choice.

You know that FIC sprung into action! Leslie Wolfgang published a Hartford Courant op-ed exposing the falsehood of an “accommodation,” Peter Wolfgang spoke at a Tea Party rally, FIC co-hosted a second religious freedom rally that drew 615 people to Hartford (see here and here) and we let the public know that a pro-abortion rally was a failure.

What you may not know: Peter Wolfgang has been on a speaking tour in churches throughout Connecticut. In the last two months Peter spoke at St. Mary’s Church in Norwalk, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Meriden, St. Joseph Church in Poquonock, St. Paul’s Church in Glastonbury, St. Pius X Church in Wolcott and St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in Unionville. Peter will speak at four more churches, both Catholic and Protestant, in the next several weeks.

This is FIC’s closest collaboration with the Catholic Church in years. The Church understands that it is being targeted by these mandates and that the mandates threaten the religious freedom of ALL of us, no matter what our denomination. When Connecticut’s Catholics, Protestants and Jews all come together for a common cause, like the defense of religious liberty, you can be certain that the Family Institute of Connecticut is right there helping to make it happen.

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Here are the 155 nationwide locations for Stand-up for Religious Freedom Rally this Friday, June 8th on the 223rd anniversary of the introduction of the Bill of Rights that included the historic First Amendment which gave America its hallmark Freedom of Religion. It is to protest the HHS mandate that requires all employers to provide contraceptive services in their insurance plans. As mentioned yesterday we will be attending and reporting on the one in Connecticut. Read more on the Register

CONNECTICUT

New Haven

New Haven Green

Elm Street and Church Street (map)

Email the New Haven Rally Captain

Here are some other locations near our friary:

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston

Boston Common

Beacon Street and Park Street (map)

Boston Rally website

Email the Boston Rally Captain

Leominster

Carter Park

Main Street and Summer Street (map)

Email the Leominster Rally Captain

West Roxbury

NOTE: This Boston neighborhood Rally will take place at 6:30 p.m.

Holy Name Rotary

1689 Centre Street (map)

Email the West Roxbury Rally Captain

Worcester

City Hall Plaza

455 Main Street (map)

Email the Worcester Rally Captain

NEW YORK

New York City

Federal Hall National Memorial

26 Wall Street (map)

Email the New York City Rally Captain

RHODE ISLAND

Newport

Newport County Courthouse

45 Washington Square (map)

RSVP the Newport rally on Facebook

Email the Newport Rally Captain

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Roving Reporter #131 – Rally on New Haven Green ( 10min) >>> Play

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Peter Wolfgang of the Family Institute of Conn. (ctfamily.org) gives a report on the Stand-up for Religious Freedom Rally in New Haven, CT held on June 8, 2012 on the Green.

http://standupforreligiousfreedom.com/

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